Sugar Butter Flour

My daughter and I love this place! Delicious cakes, good coffee and reasonable prices.

tldr: What a hidden gem! Their cookies and cakes are some of the best I’ve had, so soft, moist and rich.
GET EVERYTHING:
Shortbread cookie: Favorite at this place so far! This looks almost cake-​like as it’s shaped in a rectangle block instead of a thin cookie. The texture is so moist and buttery that it can almost be mistaken for cake. The flavor is on point but it’s not as sweet as what other shortbread cookies normally taste-​like.
Peanut butter cookie: One of the best I’ve ever had. Like their shortbread cookie it is very rich and moist to the point of breaking apart when you hold it in your hand. The peanut butter taste is overwhelming and is stronger than the sugar they put in (which is uncommon for peanut butter cookies). The cookie is also as wide as my palm so it’s a perfect afternoon snack for 2.
Burnt almond cake: Their signature cake in a mini-​size for one. The cake is very moist and I loved the candied almond pieces on top. It’s 2 layers of vanilla cake with chocolate cake between and custard cream filling.

I have now twice been surprised with their mini chocolate cake by my boyfriend, and it makes me ecstatic every time. It is everything a chocolate lover dreams of in cake. It is dense, there are multiple layers with different textures, but all are rich and oh-​so-​chocolaty. If their other desserts are anything like this one, I promise non-​chocolate lovers will be happy as well. It also is open fairly late, which I love about a bakery!

Mojgan and her team did an excellent job on my son’s baptism cake. I brought in a photo from pinterest and she created an EXACT replica. It was PERFECT! The cake was perfect in flavor and texture. We did red velvet with cream cheese filling.
They also did my mom’s 70^th birthday cake back in Nov 2013. I definitely look forward to having Mojgan and her team create my son’s 1^st birthday cake and all our cakes in the future!
Thank you so much Mojgan!!!

Great local spot! My dad ordered my mom’s bday cake from here and it was delicious, massive and beautiful! I’ll definitely order more cakes from them.
YUM!

Recently moved into the area and had to checknthis place out. Its super yummy. In the same center as Safeway next to Roundtable and the Mexican restaurant.
So i went in during the «happy hour» when the cupcakes were ½ off only Mon — Thurs. That was a really good deal considering the prices are a little pricer than say Safeway. I ordered a red velvet, marble and the burt almond cake and a few others. Everything was really really good. Nice and moist but the frosting is a little too sweet but still good.
Service was good but I had to remindnthe lady it was happy hour but the lady was super nice. I would definately go again for cupcakes and snacks/​pastries. Havent tried their cakes but they look super good.

Bought an apple pie from SBF for the first time. On one of their busiest days of the year (day before Thanksgiving), they answered the phone promptly and set aside their last apple pie for me.
Upon arrival there were several customers lined up to get their delectable treats, but the wait wasn’t too long.
The real reason for the visit was SBF’s apple pie and it didn’t disappoint. Pie crust was light, buttery, and flaky. Apple filling had excellent texture, wasn’t too syrupy, nor too sweet; apples had a nice crispness and flavor. Definitely worth going back for another pie. Or trying one of their signature cakes. Or bread pudding. Or cookies.
Five stars for having one of the best apple pies in the bay area and excellent customer service.

Stopped here on the way home to pick up a couple goodies… I went there especially to try their Burnt Almond Cake.
This is a small pastry shop located in a strip mall, so it was pretty easy to find being that it is just off El Camino Real. However, service wasn’t stellar, and the cakes were mediocre. Doubt I will return.

Work nearby and needed a bakery to get something for a coworkers bday. Wanted to get cupcakes but not many cupcake shops opening at 7am, so headed over here.
Very cute, homey bakery and you can tell they put a lot of effort into it. I got a small dessert cake for my coworker and they wrapped it in a box and bow. Price was fair as well.
Just had to give 5 stars since my coworker LOVED it and said it was amazing. Definitely recommend if you’re looking for baked goods.

The people there are really nice. The desserts are average or slightly above average. The pricing, on the other hand, is onerous. I don’t go to dessert shops very often, but I was floored by how expensive everything was. $ 3 for an average cupcake, $ 2 for an absolutely tiny mini-​cupcake, etc.
If you don’t mind paying high prices, it’s probably worth checking out.

I was excited to try the cupcakes since I heard lots of raves from my girlfriends. Unfortunately it was only okay. I had the vanilla, marble chocolate and red velvet cupcakes (their selections was pretty limited on the day I came). For the vanilla and chocolate; The frosting was just a standard buttercream, a little heavy and the cake was a bit dense and dry for my liking.
Fortunately, the red velvet cupcake was quite good. I thought the red velvet flavor, cake and the cream cheese frosting all balanced out really well. Each cupcake was priced well at only $ 3 and size was decent. I have yet to try their cake, but cupcakes were just alright, overall. Nothing really stuck out as amazing or unique about it. Don’t think I would be back.

You’ll need the police department on standby,
Cuz their burnt almond cake is da bomb!
And I’ve got abandonment issues when I go without their cakes for a long time
I guess you could say I feel desserted ;)
But seriously, the burnt almond cake is so moist, not overly sweet and tastes strongly of almonds, perfect for the almond lover! Crunchy burnt almond slices surround the outside of the cake, while the inside has a custard and cocoa (I think?) layer that I’m nuts about. This cake definitely doesn’t disappoint!

Over the past couple of years, Sugar Butter Flour has become my go to bakery for cakes. This bakery never seems to disappoint because there is always a ‘ready-​made’ cake that I can pick up and go. Some of my favorites include: Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse, White Chocolate Raspberry Mousse, & Mango Raspberry Mousse. The mousse cakes are so light and airy, you don’t feel guilty when you indulge into it.
They also win in custom cakes. I ordered a birthday cake which turned out to look even better than the pictures I had emailed them. Most importantly, the cake itself was moist and delicious. I’ve had several fancy cakes that look beautiful, but always taste dry & crumbly.
I’m very pleased with the cakes I have ordered in the past and will continue to order from Sugar Flour Butter. Just a heads up, the bakery is a bit hard to find in the shopping center as the sign mainly reads «Pastry Shop» with a tiny «Sugar Butter Flour» sign beside it.

I haven’t got much of a sweet tooth, but when I’m hankerin for some desserts, this will be one of my top choices (provided I’m in the area).
Well…scratch that. I’d probably make an hr drive for some of their tea cookies ($ 1 each) and burnt almond cake ($ 5 something). Only half kidding. The cookies are crumbly powdered deliciousness and one of the less sweet offerings. Burnt almonds were out of this world, perfect crispy contrast with the moist cake layers.
Rest of items I tried: twice baked cheesecake, red velvet and vanilla cupcakes, coffee cake. All decent, which is great.
Pretty small inside, but friendly service and cool offerings like stamp cards (free item after 10 purchases) and half-​off cupcakes after 5PM.
When in doubt… tea cookies and burnt almond cake, folks. Just save some for me.

After reading a stream of reviews raving about the burnt almond cake, I decided to order it as well and it was SO GOOD. The first small bite I took made me so happy, it was just the right amount of sweetness, the right texture, the right amount of cream mixed with chocolate and almond flavors. It’s delicate and well-​crafted, the kind of pastry where you can tell lots of effort went into it. The outside is covered in toasted almonds and I was afraid the burnt flavor might be too strong, but it’s very subtle. Inside, there are multiple layers, including custard, chocolate cake, and cream. They all blend well together. The cake layers are super moist and fluffy.
My sister got the strawberry mousse cake, which was also good but I tried it and it didn’t come close to the almond cake. The mousse was a weird texture, didn’t like it much, but the strawberry flavor tasted authentic and light.
Their staff is great, and there are several small tables for dining in. They also have stamp cards so make sure to get in on that, especially if you have a sweet tooth like I do!

Felt like getting something sweet for after dinner and I saw the reviews on Unilocal about this place. It’s a convenient location with loads of parking since it’s in a mall with Safeway. The only thing I didn’t like was how hot it was in the shop– no a/​c at all. That’s fine if you decide to just buy and go but man, it’d kill any mood to try to eat in there.
I got the burnt almond cake, cheesecake, raspberry/​mango mousse, and the flourless raspberry mousse cake. They were all really good cept for the cheesecake– I’m just not a fan.
The Flourless Chocolate Raspberry Mousse: I’ve tried flourless cakes before and I was not a fan– flourless cakes tend to be kind of gooey and overly sweet but this version was pretty good. It’s still a bit sweet but I enjoyed this a lot more than the first flourless cake I had. I don’t really think you need to go overboard with the chocolate (the cake is surrounded by thick chocolate pieces) and I wouldn’t recommend eating the whole piece in one sitting (holy crap sugar overload) but it’s worth a try and can be really good paired with a dark tea.
Mango Raspberry Mousse: I really liked this cake. I liked how the sponge cake on the bottom is slightly hardened to give the mousse a little texture and some chew. I couldn’t really taste the raspberry but the mango flavor was definitely there. I love how fragrant the mango is.
The Twice Baked Cheesecake: Not a big fan. This is def not the cake for me here. But that’s just a personal preference. I like cheesecake but this one was a miss for me. The texture was a little off and while the flavor was ok it wasn’t what I usually liked with cheesecake.
The BEST for last! The burnt almond cake was BOMB. I loved this cake, it was moist, I love the burnt almonds on top and how it balanced out the cake. It wasn’t overly sweet. I just loved this cake and would totally be back for more.
If you want a quick, sweet treat, this is a pretty awesome bakery to stop by. I’d def recommend the burnt almond cake.

A perfect example of how a business should operate!
A friend was graduating and I wanted to surprise her with a red velvet cake with cheese cream filling shaped as a graduation cap. I had a particular design in mind and was nervous it wouldn’t come through due to miscommunication or lack of attention to detail. Not to mention whether it would taste good!
I decided Sugar Butter Flour was my best bet. The website had a photo of a graduation cap cake design I wasn’t a fan of so I called to see how amenable the staff would be to suggestions. Matt, who took my order, was friendly and open to my design and I emailed him a picture to clear up potential confusion from the verbal order.
On the day of pick-​up, I was incredibly impressed. I couldn’t hold back my excitement when the cake box was brought out from the back and the worker opened it to give me a peek! It looked exactly like the cake I wanted.
After the celebratory dinner, the cake was presented to the graduate to her delight and surprise. The red velvet cake inside was perfect: light, moist, and flavorful with alternating layers of cream cheese filling that was not overly sweet.
The only thing that made me sad was also my fault. With the graduation starting at 6:30 p.m. and lasting until 9, and then going to dinner, the fondant tassel dried out and crumbled apart. Moral of the story: don’t have your beautiful cake sit out too long before consuming (or taking pictures)!
From communication to presentation to taste, Sugar Butter Flour really came through and helped make a special day that much more so with a perfect looking — and tasting — cake!

HOLY CONNOLI… best… cheesecake… EVER.
Seriously. If you’re a cheesecake lover, like I am, but don’t like your desserts TOO too sweet, you’ll love the cheesecake at Sugar Butter Flour.
You can get a mini cheesecake for a little less than $ 5, which is super satisfying and creamy.
Carrot cake is delicious too :)

The review is only for the cake I order for my daughter’s birthday. I haven’t tried any of their other desserts.
Our daughter wanted, what else, but a Frozen themed cake for her birthday. We wanted to put a slight spin on it by centering it around Olaf and summer since she was having a summer pool party. Mojgan the owner took the order for our cake. She was very easy and pleasant to work with. We described what we wanted gave them the Olaf topper and other frozen figurines and was out the door within 10 minutes.
When our daughter saw the cake, she told us she loved it! She particularly loved the bumble bees which she excitedly gave out to her friends. Our guest also loved the cake design and it was the first thing they commented on when they arrived the party. The design was elegant and simple just as we had described it to Mojgan. Price as really good and it was ready at the time agreed to. Cake tasted good, I’d say above average.
The only thing I was a bit bummed about was that it didn’t last the whole party. I asked if the cake would stay intact until 12:30 PM, which they assured me it would. However, Olaf fell off the top and took parts of the cake with it around 11 AM. And the fondant clouds started to come off the butter cream at around 10 AM. I should have known better, but I was told by the bakery there should be any problem if was left out for 4 hours in the shade. We will just need to be more careful in the future. Maybe figure out how to keep it refrigerated until it ready to be cut. I also guess that’s what we get for doing only buttercream verse fondant. (We don’t care for the taste of fondant.)
That being said, I would definitely order from them against. I think we found our go to place for kids birthday cakes!

Sugar… Oh yes! Butter… So good! Flour… Yes please!
Sugar Butter Flour (SBF) has become my favorite bakery in the South Bay over the past week. The bakery is small, but it allows the master-​bakers to focus on select items and ensure that everything they sell is amazing. As for the employees, they acknowledge each and every customer as they enter and leave the store; this is something other businesses nearby can learn from.
As for the baked goods… I’ve tried the following: carrot cake, marble cheesecake, chocolate croissant, banana nut bread, sour cream crumb cake, and a German chocolate inspired pastry. Each and every item has been tasty, fresh, and left me wanting more. What I like most is that there’s a clear difference between buying baked goods at a grocery store, and buying them from a legit bakery like SBF.
Anyway, I have already been to SBF three times in the past week, and I will definitely go back again very soon.